Demonstrators descended on the Belarusian capital on Monday for a ninth night of protests against strongman leader Alexander Lukashenko, who was heckled by factory workers as pressure grows on him to step down. Several thousand protesters gathered at Independence Square in central Minsk, waving the red-and-white flag of the opposition, chanting “Leave” and calling on […]

Lebanon’s health minister warned Monday that hospitals are reaching maximum capacity to treat novel coronavirus patients after the deadly Beirut blast overwhelmed clinics and triggered a spike in COVID-19 cases. “Public and private hospitals in the capital in particular have a very limited capacity, whether in terms of beds in intensive care units or respirators,” […]

A man who stabbed a police officer on Monday evening in Jerusalem’s Old City was shot dead by Israeli security forces, police said. The attacker “was shot dead, a policeman lightly injured,” spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told AFP. Witnesses said they saw the presumed attacker bloodied and lying on the ground after the incident. The policeman, […]

Remains of more than 100 victims of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide Against the Tutsi have been exhumed in the Rwandan capital city Kigali, survivors’ organisation said on Monday. Masengo Rutayisire, the Head of IBUKA, the Umbrella Organisation of Genocide Survivors Associations of Rwanda, said this at a news conference in Kigali. The remains were discovered […]

A Philippine government minister has tested positive for coronavirus five months after an initial diagnosis, authorities said Monday, as experts investigate whether he had been re-infected.